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Handicap Junior Report
Committee The New Year is upon us and I
This is the last month of am calling for our membership for
the present handicap your continued support of our
th
system and come January 8 or whenever Golf volunteer sustainable donation program. I am
Canada launches the new World Handicapping appealing to our membership to consider a
System you will notice a difference in your sustainable voluntarily donation of $1, $2, $5
handicap indices (both the frozen and the or more per month to sustain our junior
Winter). We aren’t positive on what change will program. We have a member that is willing to
happen until the new Score Centre is launched match any new donations dollar for dollar up
and trials can be conducted, but as soon British to a $2,000.00 maximum. It takes broad support
Columbia Golf/Golf Canada have completed from the membership and together we can make
their trials we will be informed. a difference.
If you post your score and only check your With approximately six hundred members in
handicap on the kiosk downstairs in the Club, you our club, collectively we can succeed. What
will only see your Winter Handicap and the index counts is the effort. Any donation will make it
will be shown with an “L” suffix. possible for our juniors to prosper and don’t be
If you post your score and only check your surprised if you find yourself benefiting from a
handicap on the Golf Canada App on your phone big dose of happiness in the process. Thank you
you will only see your “frozen” handicap index; to our Gorge Vale Members who have already
this is because the Winter Handicap index is made monthly donation to the sustainability of
stored in a separate database and not looked at by our Junior Program. Your generosity is crucial
the App. and greatly appreciated!
If you post your score and check your I am entering my ninth season as the junior
handicap on the Golf Canada website, you will coordinator and am very excited about the
see both the frozen handicap index and the opportunities for fun our juniors are going to have
Winter Handicap index. this year. The experiences I have had working
When you look at your scoring record you with our juniors have been rewarding and I can’t
will only see “red” numbers during the inactive wait for our junior tournaments and junior golf
season, there will not be an asterisk to identify a clinics to begin. Our junior program helps
score that is a counter towards your handicap. instruct younger players the values of honesty,
Our support system from British Columbia integrity and respect both on and off the course.
Golf is not certain what is going to happen with It is an opportunity for player development,
the Winter Handicaps come 1 Jan 20 with the fitness, fun, or just learning something new.
change to the World Handicap System nor are 2020 is going to be a big year for the junior
they certain the software change is going to ready program and here are some of my objectives:
for 1 Jan. More will follow in December and
January as the information comes from the R&A, • Endeavor to have more member participation
the USGA, and Golf Canada. in our voluntary sustainable member donation
Glenn Bell & Nicole Fraser to ensure the permanence of our junior
Handicap Committee programs.
• Due to a generous donation from Seaspan our
First Nations initiative has guaranteed
funding for this year and I am grateful to
Seaspan for making this happen.
• Our “Support Rising Stars” fundraiser, a nine-
hole modified scramble tournament off the
Green Tee will be held in June to create
